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jul 2, 1698 - The first steam engine. Thomas Savery's steam pump.

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This steam-powered pump was mainly used to pump water out of flooding mineshafts to avoid danger and to allow the miners to get more resources and mineral out of the mines.

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jul 2, 1698
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~ 327 years ago